New Delhi, June 2017 – At the first India Technology Summit (ITS), Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has introduced its suite of solutions under the Honeywell Connected Plant (HCP) to promote digitisation in industries in support of the government's Digital India effort. HCP's transformative solutions enable manufacturers and process industries leverage data and insights to improve the efficiency and profitability of their operations.

HCP combines the company's unmatched industrial expertise, software and cloud technologies to make its customers' operations more reliable, profitable and secure than ever before. HCP technologies enhance decision making, increase security and productivity, and improve collaboration across the enterprise by providing the right information at the right time. These solutions cater to energy, manufacturing, infrastructure and other industries.

"India is at the cusp of a digital revolution, driven by the government's vision to digitise the economy, citizens, and infrastructure," said Ashish M. Gaikwad, Managing Director, Honeywell Automation India Limited and Country Leader, Honeywell Process Solutions – inaugurating the day-long summit. "It is imperative for industry to adopt world-class technologies that improve safety, reliability, and efficiency in an increasingly competitive global environment, and our HCP proposition is uniquely positioned to achieve this industrial evolution."

The inaugural session also was attended by Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Additional Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), Government of India; in addition to stakeholders from across the hydrocarbon sector. The session was followed by a live technology demonstration showcasing HCP products and solutions, a plenary session and several speaker sessions.

"IIoT is the industrial revolution of the 21st century and Make in India is at the heart of Honeywell's business strategy here. The HCP proposition focuses on technologies and industrial solutions to help organisations harness the power of IIoT," said Steve Gimre, Managing Director, Honeywell UOP India. "Honeywell is positioned really well for this transformation, given our decades-long history and relationships with our customers."